The first new Ghostbusters movie in nearly 30 years was released on July 14, and it seems that people were due for some ghostly action. Our friends at Bustle asked us to take a look and see if the ghostly phenomenon made it’s way onto Pornhub as well. Indeed, our statisticians found that in the week leading up to the movie, ghost related searches began to increase steadily on Pornhub, reaching 178% above average by July 18th.
Porn and the Married Man
Pornhub Insights recently released statistics on the popularity of Wedding Porn including searches about brides, grooms and their honeymoons. The folks at Mic.com then asked us what happens to men after the knot is tied. Are fantasies involving ‘married men’ a popular porn genre? Read on to find out.
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Pornhub Emoji: Express Yourself
Smile! July 17th is World Emoji Day, so we’re celebrating with our friends at Vocative by taking a look at the Emoji and Emoticons people use to express themselves on Pornhub. Pornhub has more than 10 million registered users, and many people take part in our active community by commenting on videos and photos and even maintaining their own blog stream. Since 2014, people have left more than 12 million comments on Pornhub, and over 1.5 million of those comments contain some form of Emoticon or Emoji.
Cyprus Insights
The folks at Politis asked our statisticians to review the porn habits of Cyprus. We found that this island country ranks 82nd for traffic to Pornhub, but that’s nearly half its rank of 152nd worldwide for population. The average Cypriot spends only 5 seconds longer on Pornhub than the world average, but 29% of visitors are women – a full 5% more than Pornhub’s average. Tuesday is the most popular day of the week to visit Pornhub and Friday is the least popular, but more visitors go to Pornhub from 3pm to 4pm in the afternoon than at any other time of the day.
Pokemon Porn Searches
Nintendo’s Pokemon Go mobile game was released in the United States on July 6, and quickly became a worldwide phenomenon. As we soon found out with our friends at Mashable, this immediately lead to an increase in Pokemon searches on Pornhub. As of July 11, searches were 136% above the daily average prior to the launch of the game. As the game is released in other worldwide markets, we expect to see similar increases.
Euro 2016 Final Match
On July 10, Portugal became the Euro 2016 champions after defeating France 1-0 in the final match of the series. Fans in Portugal, France and indeed all of Europe and the world were glued to their screens as the two teams faced off in a heated match. In the past, Pornhub has seen major traffic fluctuations during events like the Superbowl and NHL and NBA finals, so our friends at LAD Bible asked our statisticians to see what effect the Euro finals may have had.